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The Ralbag in today’s parsha writes:
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Also, I will address some questions on me that I never got around to addressing:
The gemorrah in yevamos could have said that a single man is like a woman. Instead it says he is not a man.
The same reason why the Torah says ????? ???? instead of ???.
BelieveYou Me:
The answer to your question is that Shevet Levi is a separate category. Though they are Jewish, they are not called ?????. Now you might ask that in the same way, women, even though they are not called ?????, can be like Shevet Levi. To that I would respond that the Rambam (Hilchos Shemita V’yovel 13:13) writes:
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As you can see from the words I bolded, the Rambam is explicitly excluding women from being like Shevet Levi.